IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tubac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979AZ003010
  • User Pedon ID: 79AZ003010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0272
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47005
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 31.7119446
  • Std. Longitude: -109.7936096
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 488 meters W and 275 meters S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Cochise County, AZ. 12 km W 3 km N of Elfrida.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. D. Hutchinson and D. S. Pease
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tubac
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Ustalfic Paleargids
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
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    1A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01442. Few very fine vesicular pores.; many very fine roots
    1A12—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01443. common to many very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1A2—18 to 20 centimeters (7.1 to 7.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01444. common very fine roots
    1B21t—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) exterior and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) crushed, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01445. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1B22t—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01446. common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine and fine roots
    1B31tca—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 55 percent clay films between sand grains and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01447. many clay films surface features between sand grains; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots
    1B32tca—99 to 155 centimeters (39.0 to 61.0 inches); pink (5YR 8/3) interior and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent clay films between sand grains and 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01448. common clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots
    1C1ca—155 to 163 centimeters (61.0 to 64.2 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium carbonate nodules; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Weakly cemented lime.; many medium lime nodules concentrations; few very fine roots